Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Bigfoot - Reviewing A New Book

Wood Knocks Volume One: Journal of Sasquatch Research
is, as the title suggests, the first in an ongoing series of books on
the Bigfoot controversy. Published by David Weatherly’s Leprechaun
Press, and with excellent cover artwork from Sam Shearon,
the book is a collection of papers on a wide variety of Bigfoot-themed
issues. If you’re interested in the mystery of Sasquatch, and various
other, similar creatures reported throughout the world, then you’ll
likely want to get a copy of Wood Knocks.

The book begins with an excellent paper titled “Giants of the Piney Woods.” The author: Lyle Blackburn, who penned The Beast of Boggy Creek and Lizard Man.
I have known Lyle for about four or five years (he lives just about
twenty minutes’ drive from me), and can state that when it comes to
Bigfoot, Lyle definitely knows his stuff. And that shines through in his
paper. Many people associate Bigfoot with the vast forests of the
Pacific North West. Lyle, however, demonstrates that Texas’ Piney Woods
have a long history of sightings of large, hair-covered creatures that
fit the description of Bigfoot. Lyle writes in an atmospheric fashion
that skilfully captures the eerie nature of those woods. And, of course,
he presents a sizeable body of Bigfoot-based testimony and data
spanning decades. The Sulphur River, Caddo Lake (which borders Texas and
Louisiana), and the Sabine River are just a few of the Bigfoot
hot-spots that Lyle discusses.